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Thursday, 28 July 2011

Magnetic Skys - Part 2 (Friday Skies)

One of the most remarkable things about being on Magnetic Island was the number of birds of prey that we saw. More than any other place I’ve been they owned the sky. There was barely a sky that did not contain a hawk, kite, eagle or osprey. They fought in the sky, they called to each other and at times they seemed to be flying just for the fun of it.

The weather was generally very settled – and over night near the end of the week the sky turned from clear blue to flat grey. But as I was watching a Sea Eagle I noticed a hole in the cloud open up. It promised better weather. But it lied! The sky darkened and few small drops of rain fell.

On a beach ringed with orange rocks we waited for the storm, but that did not come either. So we just watched the birds. We watched until the unthinkable happened and we had had our fill of hawks, kites, eagles and ospreys and we knew it was time to pack up and go back to the house

If you know of anything better to do than sit under a falling sky, surrounded by your family, watching hawks to whatever they please then please let me know, for it must be very special.